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Portraits of thespian Rajkumar as a commoner
He may have evolved into a giant by essaying a multitude of roles in front of the camera. But the late Kannada thespian, Dr Rajkumar, never missed a chance to get behind the camera. Lensman Bhavani N Lakshminarayan, who is exhibiting his collection of rare and unseeen photographs of the Kannada legend at the Karnataka [...]
Hubli: Koppikar Road Re-named Dr Rajkumar Road
The bustling Koppikar Road in the heart of the city was renamed Dr Rajkumar Road earlier this week. But it had its share of a small controversy. The people who took the initiative to have it renamed got none other than the late Kannada idol’s son, Shivraj Kumar, now a jubilee star himself, to unveil [...]
Bharat Ratna for Dr Rajkumar?
The State Government plans to recommend thespian Dr Rajkumar’s name for Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. Present at the 83rd birth anniversary of Dr Rajkumar, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa made this announcement here on Sunday. To acknowledge his contribution to the Kannada cinema [...]
Fans, family pay homage to Rajkumar
Hundreds of people, on Monday, gathered at the late actor Rajkumar’s grave in Kanteerava Studios and paid homage to their favourite actor on the occasion of his fourth death anniversary. Rajkumar passed away on April 12, 2006. Members of Rajkumar’s family including Parvathamma, Shivaraj Kumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Punit Rajkumar performed special pooja. The family [...]
Dr. Rajkumar remembered
It’s a golden day today for the fans of the doyen of Kannada cinema Dr. Rajkumar, who was born on April 24, 1929. Even though Three years have passed after his demise, Rajkumar still lives in the hearts of his millions of fans. Dr. Rajkumar Pratishtana today organized his 80th birthday celebrations at ‘Shikshakara Sadhana’ [...]
A taste of Rajkumar on his birthday
Kannada Cinema Matinee idol Dr Rajkumar’s 80th birthday was celebrated with pomp and glory across the city on Friday. At many places, auto-rickshaw drivers were seen celebrating the thespian’s birthday. On Magadi road, members of ‘Kannadada Kanmani Dr Rajkumar Abhimaanigala Sangha’ were seen distributing ladoos to the public. At many places his fans were seen [...]
Thousands pay tributes to ‘Annavaru’
Even three years after his demise, Kannada legendary actor Rajkumar lives in their hearts. Thousands of fans thronged Rajkumar memorial site at Kanteerava Studio here today to pay glowing tributes to their matinee idol on the occasion of the third death anniversary of Dr. Rajkumar. Fans in large numbers kept streaming into the Studio from [...]
Karunadu Sangeetha Vaibhava
“Karunadu Sangeetha Vaibhava”, is a musical repertoire from the golden era of Kannada film music. A tribute to the evergreen music directors, Rajan-Nagendra, this Platinum collection has 60 of the all time hit songs of these music directors categorized into 5 Genres or CDs of 12 songs each – an endeavour to bring yesteryears’ golden [...]
Rajkumar memorial will be made culture centre
Two years and seven months after Rajkumar’s death, the much-delayed foundation stone for his memorial was laid by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa at Kanteerava Studio on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Yeddyurappa promised the government’s complete support in establishing the memorial. He said, “Today if Dr Rajkumar were alive, he would have rejoiced the [...]
Dr Rajkumar memorial on Nov 12
On a land of 2.5 acres at Kanteerava studio the Dr.Rajkumar Memorial foundation stone laying event is taking place today, November 12. Via Sify
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